Gooding vs Wendell

A side-by-side comparison of Gooding and Wendell: population, income, housing, and more.

Gooding and Wendell are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gooding has the higher population (3,731 vs 2,940 in Wendell). Wendell has the higher median household income ($54,850 vs $36,889 in Gooding). Wendell has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $175,800 in Gooding).

Population, income & housing

	Gooding	Wendell
Population	3,731	2,940
Median age	33.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,889	$54,850
Median home value	$175,800	$209,600
Median gross rent	$869	$783
Housing units	1,366	1,076
Homeownership rate	56.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gooding	Wendell
Population	3,465 → 3,731 (+7.7%)	2,703 → 2,940 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$32,062 → $36,889 (+15.1%)	$40,302 → $54,850 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $175,800 (+111.3%)	$105,800 → $209,600 (+98.1%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $869 (+45.6%)	$737 → $783 (+6.2%)

Gooding

Population

3,4653,731

Median household income

$32,062$36,889

Median home value

$83,200$175,800

Median gross rent

$597$869

Wendell

Population

2,7032,940

Median household income

$40,302$54,850

Median home value

$105,800$209,600

Median gross rent

$737$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gooding	Wendell
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	25.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.1%
75 and over	8.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gooding	Wendell
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	53.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gooding	Wendell
No high school diploma	20.0%	38.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gooding	Wendell
Drove alone	78.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gooding	Wendell
1-unit, detached	58.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Gooding	Wendell
Poverty rate	34.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1962	1974